<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>A hunting piece on a new construction [graphic]</dc:title><dc:creator>Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[8 March 1798]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"Eight scenes arranged in two rows. An elderly man riding Pegasus pursues Fame, who beckons to him; he despairs of overtaking her, even "if my Pegasus was as fleet as the wind". Two cronies concur in "hunting the bottle". An old military officer pursues a pretty young woman. Two bailiff's men with bludgeons pursue a debtor. A solitary man has been fruitlessly "hunting after money the whole day". A young and handsome fortune-hunter kneels to an elderly harridan. A hunter after company invites himself to crack a bottle with another man. A fat parson, eyes closed, at a table with punch-bowl, glasses, &amp;c, the second chair being empty, says: "My worthy friend the Vicar and myself have just killed old care and I am very happy Doctor, to welcome you in at the death". Perhaps belongs to a set, see BMSat 8541, &amp;c. c.1800"--British Museum online catalogue</dc:description><dc:description>Title from caption below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.</dc:description><dc:description>Design consists of seven scenes arranged in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above the figures in the scenes.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>